Michael P. Reed muttered....

(vast snippage of truly erudite commentary)

I can vaguely recall having once, four and a half decades ago, having spent
nearly a semester being less well briefed on the first few years of the
Revolution. Pour yourself a bumper of sack, carve off the tenderest slices
from the loin, disjoint a chicken or two and save your strength for a
rewarding knees up among the Loyalist damsels of rural Staten Island.
Other than a paucity of information concerning the inability of British
troops to "live off the land" to the extent envisioned by their masters in
Lun'non, and the necessity of pouring in both supllies and specie, it was a
hell of an effort on your part, at least a solid "A" under the harsh
grading standards that used to apply for such courses, before the modern
era's "dumbing down" and "all pass" doctrines were implelented.

TMO